Release 2.5.7

• Cleanup: Minor wording change in the Preferences / Misc panel.
• Feature: Allow .zip and .txt file formats during 'Add License' procedure.

Release 2.5.6

• Bugfix: Converting .m2ts recordings to .mp4 would abort on 10.4 Intel.
• Feature: Added a 'load-license' button to simplify license key handling.
• Cleanup: Avoid a crash (hopefully) when HDPVRCapture co-exists with EyeTV.
• Feature: Added support for the Next YE1500 STB IR Blasting.
• Feature: Added a 'Preview Video' button to the recording panel.
• Cleanup: Reduced the maxbitrates and reset the default to 16000.
• Cleanup: The actual hardware encoder maxes at 16000.
• Cleanup: Removed the MP4 embedded comment field from mp4 converted files.
• Bugfix: New version of FFMPEG to fix AC3 transcode issue.

Release 2.5.3

• Cleanup: Removed the long-term disabled IR blaster test controls.
• Bugfix: Avoid a crash (hopefully) when HDPVRCapture co-exists with EyeTV.

Release 2.5.2

• Bugfix: Glitches in video recordings at high bitrates under some circumstances.

Release 2.5.0

• Advanced version from 2.5.0-b3 to 2.5.0.

Release 2.5.0-b3

• Bugfix: iCal view hangs after multiple calendar entries are removed.
• Bugfix: Repeating schedules had incorrect launch dates/times.
• Bugfix: Odd task related bug when post processing related to translating ~, possibly new in 10.5.7.
• Bugfix: Automatic conversion of 5.1 after recording did not have 5.1 passthrough enabled.
• Bugfix: Multiple AC3 5.1 conversion tasks running concurrently hung the app. (Quicktime hang)
• Cleanup: Functional change, limit AC3 5.1 task conversion to a single concurrent instance, to avoid a Quicktime hang.
• Feature: Rewrote the internal scheduler to specifically allow any number of AAC or AC3 2.0 conversions concurrently.
• Feature: Warn the user if Perian is not install.
• Feature: Added support for external channel changing, see prefs. Scripts called with args -c -d -f
• Known Issues: Zap2it schedule entries can be wrong by 12 hours, you need to verify the time at entry time.
• Known Issues: PPC post processing can be buggy.
• Known Issues: .mp4 files don't play on the PS3 (Workaround: play the native .m2ts instead)

Release 2.5.0-b2

• Bugfix: Crash/hang during blasting if no 'Enter key codeset' for the selected STB
• Bugfix: No video captured if we're blasting and not using Component, first time around.
• Bugfix: Buffering related fixes when video is lost, to preserve the packet alignment.
• Bugfix: Buffering related fixes if the encoder has to be restarted.
• Bugfix: Related to high CPU load with the new buffering scheme.
• Bugfix: Related to out of order buffers being written to the recording, causing corruption.
• Bugfix: Mutex deadlock between threads on los of signal.
• Cleanup: Removed spurious debug messages.
• Regression: Added Video Control view (Brightness/Contrast controls) (Not working).
• Feature: Updates to the IR database - Added support for the UK BSKYB Thomson STB.

Release 2.5.0-b1

• Increases the number of allowable outstanding USB buffers to compensate for bursty storage drives.
• Improve performance of Stop Recording function.
• Added Ability to split file into 50MB chunks to help with diagnostics.
• Automatically maps the correct AC3 channesl during conversation, when using Quicktime 7.6 and higher.
• Preparation code to re-enable network streaming (not functional yet)
• Bugfix: Removed Video Control view (Brightness/Contrast controls), these don't work with recent HDPVR firmwares.
• Bugfix: Motorola 6412 IR selected selected the incorrect codeset, results in IR blaster failure.

Release 2.4.1

• Bug: Scheduling via zap2it was broken after a recent zap2it website update. (It's better now but not perfect yet).
• Feature: Added option to query the files metadata and produce a report.
• Feature: Starting with Option key depressed enables two debugging / customer support features to analyze files.
• Feature: Ensured Menu / Help launches browser and navigates to online FAQ.
• Feature: Major speed improvements to to post processing capabilities, a 3GB 2 Hour movie now takes 40 seconds to convert on a MacPro, instead of 10-15 minutes.
• Feature: Major resolution changes to the post processing mechanism, all supported resolutions (1080i/720p/480i) and audio codec types (AAC 2.0, AC3 2.0 and AC3 5.1) can now be converted correctly into .mp4
• Feature: Converted files (1080i/720p/480i with AAC or AC3 2.0 or 5.1) are now compatible with the following applications:
• Compatible with: iMovie '09
• Compatible with: MPEG StreamClip v1.9.2
• Compatible with: FrontRow (Tested 10.5.6)
• Compatible with: Final Cut Pro v6.0.5
• Compatible with: QuickTime Player / QuickTime Pro v7.6

Release 2.4.0 (internal build)

• Details removed.

Release 2.3.1 (internal build)

• Details removed.

Release 2.3.0

• Feature: Added support for scheduling in using zap2it.com for Canadian customers.
• Cleanup: Compensate if the video glitches to avoid stability issues with Roxio Toast.

Release 2.2.1

• Bugfix: Recordings do not show the correct duration when viewed on the PS3.

Release 2.2.0

• Feature: Allow manual recordings to be accurate to the minute.

Release 2.1.0

• Bugfix: Video signal wasn't detected correctly on cold boot.
• Feature: Lowered the Video Signal check interval to improve performance on low end CPUs
• Feature: New Preferences / Misc option to disable signal detection, lowering CPU overhead.
• Feature: Added time controls to make manual recordings easier.
• Feature: Abort recording if the HDPVR is connected to a low speed USB port.
• Feature: New Preferences / Misc option to override and allow recording on low speed USB ports.
• Cleanup: Minor updates to the tooltips on the Preferences panels.
• Cleanup: Reduced the default recording time from Infinite to 1 hr 30 mins.
• Cleanup: Removed small sections of unused internal code from the early betas.
• Cleanup: Track USB device speed and monitoring options internally for future debugging.
• Cleanup: Track statistics for USB1.1 recordings that exceed 8Mbps and risk stalling.

Release 2.0.12

• Bugfix: Conversion panel task menu did not default correctly in all cases.
• Bugfix: PPC systems would abort during post processing conversion.

Release 2.0.11

• Removed the Get_Video_Format from the recording code, it was causing a long term stall.
• Moved the 'populate iCal view call' from startup to where the user clicks the iCal view, to speed up application startup _and_ to avoid issues where the app will not start because of unknown iCal / Applescript issues.
• Added some prep code to find the users HDPVR Recordings calendar directory.
• Added more configurable debugging options for customer support.

Release 2.0.10

• Added new defaults int to allow various advanced debugging features (internalstate) to be set aiding field support.
• Fixed a major bug with post processing #4 where I was calling quicktime to convert files, but quicktime was loading those files in asynchronous mode, meaning I was getting audio truncated.
• Added support to analyze files for errors.
• Added support for disabling video signal status.
• Added some wallclock performance debugging.